In addition to what looks like trouble in the case for at least two other GOP Congressmen, it looks like Feeney is being fingered as "Representative #3" in yesterday's filing...

1) Rep. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.), who went to St. Andrews in Scotland with Abramoff in August 2003, finally made the case as "Representative #3." This is not good news for Feeney, and the FBI is reportedly looking into his dealings with Abramoff, according to the St. Petesburg Times. At the direction of the House ethics committee, Feeney has already agreed to pay a fine of $5,643 for improperly reporting the trip.

That can't be seen as good news for Feeney who, we'll remind readers, is a very close friend of the Bush family, having run (unsuccessfully) as Jeb's Lieutenant Governor during his first run in Florida in '98, serving as point man in the FL House during the 2000 Election Debacle (when he promised to give the state's Electors to GWB no matter what the Supreme Court ended up deciding), and much, much more.

We'll also remind readers that the imprisoned Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) was once designated as "Representative #1" before being indicted in the Abramoff affair himself....

Feeney deflected most questions about his dealings with federal authorities, noting that his attorneys have advised him not to go into much detail.

The former speaker of the Florida House of Representatives would not say how recently Justice officials contacted him or what they asked.

"The Justice Department is wrapping up its investigation and they want to talk to everyone who has been mentioned in a newspaper article," Feeney said.

Yes, that's it. Just talking to everyone who has been mentioned in a newspaper article.

In his Sentinel blog item on the matter, reporter Scott Maxwell --- who has been asked for Feeney-related documents by the FBI --- writes today:

As for Feeney, he told us yesterday that he doesn't believe he's a target [of the FBI investigation]. I'm not sure he knows that for sure. I mean, it's pretty safe to say that I haven't been writing about any of the other people connected to the Abramoff mess. So one would assume that the FBI is at least interested enough in Feeney to want information about him and his office from people other than him.

While the Feds are "not targeting" Feeney in his connection to Abramoff as the only unindicted/unconvicted Congressman (so far) who went on the now-infamous "VIP GOP Players Tour" golf junkets to Scotland with Jack, might we also recommend the also "not" look into:

Feeney's efforts in covering up for his former colleague at Yang Enterprises Inc. (YEI), Hai Lin "Henry" Nee, an "illegal alien" who pled guilty to espionage charges related to illegally shipping Hellfire anti-tank missile chips to Communist China, as well as;

a litany of other alleged improprieties on behalf of Feeney's very close friends the Yangs, including his alleged participation in offering Curtis $1 million to get the hell out of Tallahassee after he'd taken a job at the Florida Dept. of Transportation, where documents existed showing that YEI had over-billed on state contracts.

There's more, but we don't have time to repeat our more than two years of reporting in this one blog item. If the FBI would like to contact us, we'll be happy to point them towards where the bodies are buried (literally, in at least one case.) Otherwise, you can peruse many more details and documents for yourself on our Clint Curtis/Tom Feeney/YEI Special Coverage page.

Feeney has spent more than $23k on legal expenses so far this year, according to his campaign finance disclosures, more than on any other expenditure. Does Feeney really think he'll get away with it all? Or is he just crazy?

This may sound like a dumb question, but has anyone actually TOLD the FBI about all of this, or sent them the information, since the adults took charge of Congress and oversight has become a reality again? Just wondering...

How is our ol' buddy Clint Curtis anyway? Haven't heard from him awhile.

More important questions need to be asked as to how can such rampant corruption go on for so long, many congressmen are scared as shown by this study.

And there is an underlying theme as to why our Army is being broken, why the country is bankrupt, why we are continuing to believe that our government is broken, and why the borders to Mexico and Canada are vanishing.

And there is an underlying theme as to why our Army is being broken, why the country is bankrupt, why we are continuing to believe that our government is broken, and why the borders to Mexico and Canada are disappearing.

"""Privatizing elections and allowing known partisans to run a key presidential vote count is troubling enough. But the reason Congress must investigate these high-tech ties is there is abundant evidence that Republicans could have used this computing network to delay announcing the winner of Ohio's 2004 election while tinkering with the results."""

I knew Al Gore left something out of that movie. What was it called??? Inconvenient Fascism. Oh, that's right it was Inconvenient Truth. I guess I forgot the title... with all that jetsetting around the world I was in awe. Anyone know how many gallons on #1 Jet fuel it take to fly around the world?? If I did my math right

A 737 fuel capacity is about 6800 gal and it can fly about 3000nm with a full tank. The circumference of the earth at the equator is about 21000nm. 7*6800=47600gal-----> 47,600 Gallons!!!!

I don't know what you drive but in my Civic that is 3,662 tanks of gas, enough for about 1,464,800 miles(and usually I get better mileage than that).

I think for America to be saving itself it aught to be recalling some representatives/developing sustainable agriculture/stop sucking the big oil tit/stop spending $ as a pass time... instead of playing cattle...the slaughter is the next election and if things don't change in a huge way(no, I'm not talking Obama) were fucked...like dodo fucked. We shall see....

I've got an idea, how bout we find out the special prosecutor's email over at the "what house" that's now investigating Pussyboy Rove and suggest he interview Brad; he has such a good head start on connecting the depth of the dots!

"In the war of my youth, World War II, I volunteered for military service at the age of 19 and flew 35 combat missions, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross as the pilot of a B-24 bomber. By contrast, in the war of his youth, the Vietnam War, Cheney got five deferments and has never seen a day of combat — a record matched by President Bush. [...]

We, of course, already know that when Cheney endorses a war, he exempts himself from participation. On second thought, maybe it's wise to keep Cheney off the battlefield — he might end up shooting his comrades rather than the enemy.

Harry Reid:

"Reid: "I'm Not Going To Get Into A Name-Calling Match With Somebody Who Has A 9 Percent Approval Rating"